Tattoo Studio Pro vs Vagaro: Price and Forms

Vagaro is a general booking product. Tattoo Studio Pro is built for tattoo and piercing studios. This page uses Vagaro’s US pricing page as checked on November 8, 2026, and Tattoo Studio Pro’s help for our own product.

Feature comparison

Feature	Tattoo Studio Pro	Vagaro (US page, Nov 8, 2026)
Starting price	$29/month, Solo, 1 team member	$30.00 list, or $23.99/month labeled “Exclusive rate for the first 6 months”
Extra people	Other team sizes are on the pricing page. Managers and health officials do not count.	Each added bookable calendar license is $10 (US), up to seven licenses. After seven, the FAQ says more employees cost no extra license.
Trial	30 days. A payment method is required. You are not charged until it ends.	30-day free trial
Consent forms	Included on every plan	Forms are a $10/month add-on. SOAP notes are on the “included with every plan” list.
Reminders	A booking-confirmation text and up to 5 reminder texts	”Unlimited notifications and appointment reminders” is on the included list. 1,000 free emails a month is also on that list.
Reporting	Commissions and payouts for managers. My earnings for the person.	”Advanced reporting” is on the included list. Data Lake is a separate $40/month add-on.
Website	Included with the subscription	A free marketplace listing is on the included list. MySite is $20/month. Branded App is $100/month.
Payments	Card payments through your Stripe account	The page lists Apple Pay, Google Pay, and major cards with Vagaro processing. It does not print a card rate on the pricing page we opened.

What the Vagaro page lists as included

The block titled “Included with every plan” checks these, among others: payments, a free credit card reader (with an asterisk), calendar and resource management, a customer waitlist, memberships, packages, gift certificates, 1,000 free emails a month, advanced reporting, loyalty programs, client tracking, SOAP notes, inventory, invoices, a free marketplace listing, unlimited notifications and appointment reminders, and online booking on Vagaro, Instagram, Facebook, and Apple Maps.

Forms are not in that included list.

The one-location price on the page is $30.00, with $23.99/month under it and the line “Exclusive rate for the first 6 months.” A selector runs from 1 (“Just Me”) through 7+. The FAQ says each bookable calendar license you add costs $10 (US), up to seven licenses, and that once you reach seven you can add more employees at no extra license cost. The page also says you can cancel anytime with no cancellation fees, and that exclusions apply. It does not spell the exclusions out in that line.

A Merchant Services note on the same page says that if the merchant stops processing before 12 months, they agree to pay a $150 early cancellation fee. That sits next to the free card reader offer, which requires Merchant Services.

Add-on prices on the same page

The “Powerful add-ons” cards, read from the page data (a leading $$ in the payload is how that page escapes a dollar sign):

Text marketing: starting at $20/month
Forms: $10/month
Online shopping cart: $10/month
Vagaro MySite: $20/month
Branded App: $100/month
Check-in app: $10/month
Live stream: $10/month
Vagaro Drive: starting at $10/month
QuickBooks: $10/month
Xero: $30/month
Data Lake: $40/month
Payroll: $34/month plus $5 per employee
Fill My Books: “Fees apply.” No dollar amount on the card.

An older version of this article listed text marketing at $15, MySite at $15, the branded app at $50, and QuickBooks at $25. Those figures are not on the page we opened.

The payroll menu describes “custom commission tiers” and paying employees by direct deposit. Rent collection is a separate menu item. Neither is in the included-with-every-plan list. This page does not treat base-plan commission as included.

The pricing page does not print a card-processing percentage. Do not use a rate from a review site.

What Tattoo Studio Pro’s help documents

Every plan includes every feature. Solo is $29/month or $239/year for 1 team member. Yearly billing costs less than paying monthly. Other sizes are on the pricing page. Managers and health officials do not count toward the staff limit.

Consent forms are on every plan. A signed form is saved on the client and in the Forms Archive. If the client is under 18, parent or guardian fields appear on the in-studio form. The public online check-in link cannot capture parent or guardian consent.

Appointment messages in help are a confirmation text when the appointment is booked and up to 5 reminder texts. Help does not call those texts unlimited, and it does not state a per-text price.

Commission is a record of what is owed. It does not pay people. Help documents one percentage, a cash rate and a card rate, or a sliding scale. My earnings shows a team member their own numbers. The studio owner can open Earnings on any profile. Other managers cannot. A shared team PIN hides earnings. The commission article walks through the limits.

The trial is 30 days. It asks for a payment method. You are not charged until it ends.

Card payments go through the studio’s Stripe account. Stripe’s US pricing page, checked the same day, lists 2.7% + 5¢ for in-person card payments.

FAQ

Does Vagaro include consent forms?

Not in the “included with every plan” list. Forms are a $10/month add-on on the page we opened. SOAP notes are on the included list. Those are different rows. Tattoo Studio Pro includes digital consent forms on every plan, including Solo at $29/month.

What does a second Vagaro calendar cost?

The FAQ on the US pricing page says each added bookable calendar license costs $10 (US), up to seven licenses. After seven, more employees do not add another license fee. The one-calendar price shown is $23.99/month for the first 6 months, then the $30.00 list price.

Is advanced reporting a $40 add-on?

No. “Advanced reporting” is on the included list. Data Lake, the integrations add-on, is $40/month.

How do Tattoo Studio Pro texts compare with Vagaro’s reminder line?

Vagaro’s included list says unlimited notifications and appointment reminders. Tattoo Studio Pro’s help describes a confirmation text and up to 5 reminder texts. Help does not state a per-text price.

What is the trial on each side?

Vagaro lists a 30-day free trial. Tattoo Studio Pro’s trial is 30 days, asks for a payment method, and does not charge you until it ends.

Where are the rest of the Tattoo Studio Pro prices?

Solo is $29/month or $239/year. Yearly billing costs less than paying monthly. Larger teams are on the pricing page.

A shorter Vagaro page is the Vagaro alternative for tattoo shops. Booking workflow is on the tattoo booking software page.